Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would have preferred it had he toured the capitals of Europe in an attempt to flesh out the deal instead of running around the world's media organisations in the hope that they might have a spare front page at a dead time of the year so that he might present it as a major achievement for Ireland.

The Government was elected on a promise of burning bondholders and removing the burden of bank debt from the shoulders of the Irish people. It has singularly failed to date.

The Minister knows about that as he made certain promises on third level fees and grants.

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